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m4mAmen Thompson Has Become a Shape-Shifting Nightmare
https://theringer.com/2025/04/09/nba/amen-thompson-houston-rockets-defense-athlete-nba-history
> Since 2012, the Peak Performance Project has had a part in the predraft process for a number of entrants every year—prospects go through a gamut of tests and workouts that assess athleticism levels and biomechanics issues to be addressed. P3 has data on a majority of the players in the league today, with more than 1,000 players assessed over that decade-plus span. In tests run in the lead-up to the 2023 NBA draft, Amen’s lateral force production placed him in the 99th percentile of players in the lab’s database. Lateral force production is “really what dictates lateral acceleration,” Eric Leidersdorf, P3’s president and head of research and development, told me. And that acceleration can be applied in any possible direction. “So not necessarily your top speed, but essentially how quickly you get up to that top speed—the process of a car getting on a freeway as opposed to going the speed limit.”
> Of course, Thompson’s top speed is also outrageous. According to Sportradar data, Amen’s maximum recorded speed on the court over his first two seasons in the league was 33.7 feet per second, or almost exactly 23 miles per hour. For reference, Usain Bolt’s average speed during his world-record 100-meter time set in 2009 was 23.35 iles per hour. In other words: Amen can reach the coasting speeds of the fastest man in history. Thompson is also 2 inches taller than Bolt and 8 inches taller and more than 40 pounds heavier than Xavier Worthy, who last year ran a 4.21-second 0-yard dash (reaching a top speed of 24.41 iles per hour), setting an NFL combine record.
Insanity
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https://theringer.com/2025/04/09/nba/amen-thompson-houston-rockets-defense-athlete-nba-history
> Since 2012, the Peak Performance Project has had a part in the predraft process for a number of entrants every year—prospects go through a gamut of tests and workouts that assess athleticism levels and biomechanics issues to be addressed. P3 has data on a majority of the players in the league today, with more than 1,000 players assessed over that decade-plus span. In tests run in the lead-up to the 2023 NBA draft, Amen’s lateral force production placed him in the 99th percentile of players in the lab’s database. Lateral force production is “really what dictates lateral acceleration,” Eric Leidersdorf, P3’s president and head of research and development, told me. And that acceleration can be applied in any possible direction. “So not necessarily your top speed, but essentially how quickly you get up to that top speed—the process of a car getting on a freeway as opposed to going the speed limit.”
> Of course, Thompson’s top speed is also outrageous. According to Sportradar data, Amen’s maximum recorded speed on the court over his first two seasons in the league was 33.7 feet per second, or almost exactly 23 miles per hour. For reference, Usain Bolt’s average speed during his world-record 100-meter time set in 2009 was 23.35 iles per hour. In other words: Amen can reach the coasting speeds of the fastest man in history. Thompson is also 2 inches taller than Bolt and 8 inches taller and more than 40 pounds heavier than Xavier Worthy, who last year ran a 4.21-second 0-yard dash (reaching a top speed of 24.41 iles per hour), setting an NFL combine record.
Insanity
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